Tag Archives: Money

October 9, 2008
Why Do We Need an Emergency Fund?– also tagged , ,

I was discussing personal finance with a friend from Stumble Upon the other day and he made the following interesting observation concerning the idea of emergency funds:
Less certain about “emergency fund”, but my wife likes the idea. With the dollar losing value every day, and interest rates so long, it seems like the wrong thing to [...]

October 7, 2008
Something to Learn from the Financial Meltdown– also tagged , , ,

The New York Times has a great article providing some background on why we are in the mess we are in. The article states:
But by the time Mr. Mudd became Fannie’s chief executive in 2004, his company was under siege. Competitors were snatching lucrative parts of its business. Congress was demanding that Mr. Mudd help [...]